Shirt wrapper



l.. BISHOFF SHIRT WRAPPER Filed Deo. 4, 1937 o W l o' E u l r D..

,4. ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. s, 1941 SHIRT WRAPPER Louis Bischo, New York, N. Y.,assignor to Oneida, Paper Products, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporationof New York Application December 4, 1937, Serial No. 178,087

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a shirt wrapper and more specifically to a shirtwrapper in which the cardboard back is in two pieces adapted to beengaged together when the shirt is inserted in the wrapper.

Heretofore in the prior zart, laundries have used shirt wrapperscomprising a one-piece cardboard back and a paper front, the shirtwrapper being in the form of a continuous wrapper. This wrapper isslightly separated, and the shirt, after being laundered and ironed, ispushed in. It often happens that in this more or less clumsyarrangement, the carefully laundered shirt is disarranged. Since a highstandard must be maintained in returning shirts to the customer, theproblem of providing an efficient and speedy packaging of the shirt in awrapper of this nature has been a serious one. v

I have found that I may form a novel and efcient shirt wrapper in whicha shirt may be packaged quickly and Without any possibility ofdisarrangement thereof by providing a wrapper comprising the customarycontinuous paper front and a cardboard back comprising two sections ofcardboard adapted to be engaged to form a fairly rigid surface.

I further provide in'my novel shirt bag, a novel interlocking means forengaging the two cardboard sections which provides a secure and solidengagement and which can be quickly engaged, quickly undone and whichcannot be accidentally separated.

The shirt bag of my invention is used by the laundry Worker by layingout the wrapper with the paper front down and the two cardboard sectionsspread out. The shirt is placed face down on the paper and the cardboardsections folded thereover, their edges being engaged to form the desiredrigid cardboard back. The operation is simple, fast and eicient.

It is the object of my invention to provide a novel shirt wrapper.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a novel shirt wrapperwith a two-piece cardboard back.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a novel engagementmeans for the back card board sections.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a shirt wrapper inwhich the wrapper is wrapped around the shirt and engaged in the back.

It is a tuther object of my invention to provide an interlocking meansfor the rear cardboard sections in which the interlocking means areformed from a longitudinal slit and a longitudinal tab.

Figure I is a plan View of the shirt Wrapper of my invention spread outto receive a shirt.

Figure 2' is a plan View of the shirt placed with the front down in thewrapper.

Figure 3 is a plan View showing the folded back of the wrapper with theshirt contained therein.

Referring now more specically to the drawing, in Figure 1 a sheet I ofthe customary paper which may be plain or wax paper or Cellophane typematerial is secured on each side at 2 and 3 to the cardboard sections 4and 5. A line of adhesive 6 secures the paper to the cardboard. In thecardboard section `4 are longitudinal slits 'l and 8. In the cardboardsection 5 there are two right angle cuts 9 and II) which form tabs IIand I2 adapted to coact with slits I and 8 respectively. This tab is sopositioned that its lower end (that is the transverse cut that forms thelower end thereof) is below the lower end of theslit 1. By thispositioning a firm engagement of the tab with the slit can be effected.

Referring now more specifically to Figure 2 we find the shirt I4 laidface down on the paper I. This is the position in which the laundryoperator will place the shirt before packaging the same.

In Figure 3 the engagement of the two cardboard sections 4 and 5 hasbeen effected and the packaging is complete.

To eect engagement the cardboard sections are brought together and thesection with the tab II is raised slightly so that the transverse cutthat forms the lower end of the tab can engage the slit 1. The tab isfully engaged so that the vertical cut of the tab I I is brought intocontact with the slit 'I and the cardboard section then brought down sothat the Itab is engaged rmly by the slit. This process is thenduplicated to join the tab I2 with the slit 8 so that a rm engagement ofthe two sections is efected and a rigid cardboard backing achieved.

Although I have set forth this specic manner' of providing for a rigidengagement of the two back cardboard sections other means forinterlocking these two sections to provide a rigid cardboard back may beused if desired. The preferred method, however, above set forth,provides a simple engagement which can be readily and rapidly carriedout by an operator without loss of time. The necessary cuts in thecardboard back that form the engaging means can be dieecut and do nottend to weaken the cardboard back.

By means of the shirt wrapper structure herein set forth, shirts may bewrapped and packaged by the operator rapidly, in less time than isrequired, than when the shirt is to be positioned into a closed wrapper.Further, there is no possibility that the shirt will be wrinkled orspotted in the packaging process. Again, the user can undo the wrappervery easily and Without trouble because of the separable back.

I prefer to use the tab and slit arrangement shown in the drawing toachieve the rigid interlocking of the back cardboard sections, but othermeans of engaging, as pointed out, can be used.

Although I have stated that the front of the shirt wrapper is of paperand the back of cardboard, it is within the purview of my invention touse a front of any transparent or translucent or paper sheet materialand the back of any rigid or semi-rigid material stiff enough tomaintain the desired back rigidity of such shirt wrapper. Further,although I have described the sections as being of equal width andinterlocking as taking place in the center, it is obviously Within thescope of my invention that lthe sections may be unequal in length andthe interlocking of the two sections may be eifected at a point otherthan the center of the cardboard back.

I claim:

1. A shirt wrapper comprising a front of flexble sheet material and oneach side thereof a substantially rigid cardboard s-ection laterallysecured thereto, one cardboard section having a right angle cut in theside thereof adjacent each end to form a tab at each end, the othercardboard section having a cut parallel to the free side of the sectionadjacent each end to form slits therein to engage the tabs formed in theother cardboard section.

2. A shirt wrapper comprising a front of paper and on each side thereofa substantially rigid cardboard section laterally secured thereto, onesubstantially rigid cardboard section having a right angle cut in theside thereof to form a tab, and the other substantially rigid cardboardsection having a cut parallel to the free side of the section to form aslit therein to engage the tab formed in the other substantially rigidcardboard section.

LOUIS BISCHOFF.

